New Species of Hummingbird

By Corey May 17, 2007 1 comment

A new species of hummingbird has been discovered in Columbia!  The Gorgeted Puffleg (Eriocnemis isabellae) is already considered endangered, mostly because of slash-and-burn coca farmers displaced by the U.S. sponsored coca eradication efforts in other parts of Columbia.  For more information about hummingbirds in Columbia (the birdiest country in the world) visit the Columbian Hummingbird Conservancy.



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Corey

Corey

Corey is a lifelong upstate New Yorker who recently took the plunge and moved to the city. He's only been birding since 2005 but has garnered a respectable life list and broke the magical 300 barrier in New York State in 2007 by birding whenever he wasn't working as a union representative. He lives near Forest Park in Queens with Daisy, their son, Desmond, and their two indoor cats, Hunter and B.B.

One Response to “New Species of Hummingbird”

  1. OooOOooh hummingbirds!!! sean would be excited to know this. he’s obsessed with them!

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